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The Chrysanthemums
John Steinbeck
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Elisa Allen
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1
of 5
What is the name of the valley where the story is set?
Santa Lucia Valley
Orange Valley
Green Valley
Salinas Valley
2
of 5
Where is Elisa when she watches her husband speak with two cigarette-smoking strangers?
The bedroom
The garden
The porch
The kitchen
3
of 5
What did the two cigarette-smoking strangers buy?
Thirty cattle
A tractor
Forty acres
Twelve bushels of oats
4
of 5
Elisa asks her husband if they can order ___ at dinner.
Lobster
Dessert
Steak
Wine
5
of 5
At the end of the novel, Elisa pulls up her coat collar to hide the fact that she is ___.
Drunk
Grinning
Crying
Laughing
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